From the Seneschale

[Burke McCrory]

At 09:21 AM 10/8/96 -0500, you wrote:
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>>The boarders are just the current suggestion, remember that any
>>Principality would have to be acceptable to the people in that area (or
>>they would just vote no).  This current set of boarders is a response to
>>the very legitimate concerns that were raised over one area (the central
>>Principality) becoming a Kingdom (so day in the distant future) and
>>splinting Ansteorra in half. This shows I hope that the concerns that are
>>being raised here and elsewhere in the Kingdom are being heard.
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>>Burke McCrory
>>Sir Burke Kyriell MacDonald
>>burkemc at ionet.net
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>Interesting.  In the whole time I have been in the SCA (7-1/2 yrs.) I have
>never heard of anyone in the Central area talk about breaking off.  Other
>areas yes, but not the Central area.  Can it be that other areas are
>assuming that the Central area has the same motives that they have?  And it
>is also interesting that the borders are now so flexible, since everyone has
>been so insistent that Bonwicke has to be part of the Northern principality.
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The concern that was being addressed was what if the Central Principality
were to become a Kingdom, leaving the North and South as Ansteorra without
a land connection.  No one was suggesting that anyone is ready to go for
Kingdom status.

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Burke McCrory
burkemc at ionet.net
aka. Sir Burke Kyriell MacDonald